Pelopidas mathias

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Dark Small-branded Swift
Pelopidas mathias
Pelopidas mathias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Genus: Pelopidas
Species: P. mathias
Binomial name
Pelopidas mathias
(Fabricius, 1798)


Pelopidas mathias, commonly known as the Dark Small-branded Swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

[edit] Description

In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

"Male. Upperside olive brown : forewing with two small yellowish semi-transparent spots within end of cell, three before the apex, and in the male three oblique discal spots followed by a dark-bordered slender straight impressed glandular streak : hindwing with one or two very indistinct pale discal spots. Female with five discal spots in the forewing, and four or five in the hindwing. Underside paler ; markings more distinct ; hindwing also with a spot at upper end of the cell. Expanse 1.6 inch." (Moore)[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae Indicae: Descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma and Ceylon. Vest and Co. Madras.
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